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US 5,533,844 AGranted
Travelling platen with extended axis
OwnerDonald A. Ekleberryinventor
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Abstract
An attachment for a work supporting table of a-metal working machine is provided which will effectively substantially enable the supporting surface to be increased to enable an existing machine to handle large work pieces.
Claims8
A travelling platen for attachment to a machine tool comprising:
- a planar lower base plate having an upper surface;
- means for attaching said base plate to the machine tool;
- a planar upper tooling plate having an upper surface and a lower surface and extending a greater length than the length of said base plate;
- linear bearings interposed between said lower and upper plates to provide relative linear motion therebetween, said linear bearings including cooperating rail and bearing block members, the rail members extending from the lower surface of said upper plate, and the bearing block members extending from the other of said base plate;
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- stop means to selectively prevent relative reciprocal linear movement between said lower plate and said upper plate.
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